What Love Isn't

Which of the following identifies the central theme of the poem?

• Love causes more problems than it is worth.

• Love is a disaster when it is not perfect.

• Love can be difficult in unexpected ways.

• Love is not as difficult as media portrays it.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Which section from the text best supports the answer to the theme question?

• "Not sweet but always/ nutritious / always herb, always salt."

• "never pretty or clean. It stinks-- you can / smell it coming"

• "it is / not what the films say. Only songs / get it right."

• "it is irregular / it is difficult / and always, always, / surprising."

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of the following identifies the tone of the poem?

• honest

• pessimistic

• mournful

• affectionate

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which detail from the text supports the answer to the tone question?

• "always herb, always salt."

• "It is now and till the end. It is never a / slither"

• "It is discomfort-- it is / not what the films say."

• "Only songs / get it right."

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4